Sharp County record., 1887-07-28

railroad disaster on the Erle line in
New Jersey. on the 2lst, eleven Italian Ia
borers were killed.
NEW international canal scheme ue-
tween Germany and Holland IS oelns ue-
veloped at Berlin and Antwerp
PRESIDENT CLEYELAND's western Irlp'
il is now said, will include Kansas City
and other points.
PETER BURKHART, farmer who lived
near Peters burg, Ind, killed his wife on
the 21st and then ended his own Y
The st. Louis grocers had their hearing
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission at Washington on the list
THOMAS E. POWELL was nominated Ior
Governor by the Ohio State Democratic
convention at Cleveland on the 2lst.
REPORTS were received at London on
the 2lst that Henry NJ. Stanley, the Al
rican explorer, had been killed. Inc re-
| port lacked confirmation.
The yacht Thistle is to sail from Gias-
cow for New York on the 25th. She car
res forty men. Her owner and captain
are sanguine that she will win the Amer
| ica's cup.
Mrs CLEVELAND celebrated her twenty
third birthday on the 2lsG The event was
observed very quietly at the Presidents
country place, Oak View.
THE establishment Of j. B. Young q
| Son, for the preparation of bark extracts
used in the manufacture Of tobacco, at
Denmead's wharf, Canton, Nd, was
burned on the night Of the 2lst Loss,
$225 900; fully insured.
MARY JOSEPHINE KIMAN, reverend
Mother Superioress of the order of Sisters
of St. Mary in America, died on the night
| of the Goth at the home convent OF the or
der in Lockport N Y. She was born IN
| Prum, Germany, in 1924, and came 10
| America and founded the order in this
country in 1863
JIM. WHITE, cashier Of the Philadelphia
Times Publishing Company, was held IN
s5 900 for trial at the next term of the
court on the charge Of embezzlement OF
5000 to $1,000 of the company's funds.
AN extensive and disastrous fire oc-
Cured at Buffalo, N Y, on the 2lst, re-
sulting in the destruction Of Zlegele's
brewery, corner Of Main and Virginia
streets. The fire also spread to the eX-
tensive car barns of the uffaIo Street
Car Company on the opposite side OF VIr-
ginia street, and those were soon de-
stroyed.
CHARLEY SAUNDERS, ayoung miner who
was imprisoned in a flooded mine at
Grand junction. Ia, on the 18th, was res
cued on the 21st alive and we'll He es-
capped from the water by hiding in an old
air chamber ten feet SO uare, and, when res
cued, had been imprisoned 10 hours
TIVE French Chamber of Deputies, on
the 21st, voted 100000 francs for the tenn
porary resumption of performances by
the Opera Comique Company whose
theater was recently destroyed by fire.
TIE rife contest for the Elcho chal-
| lenge shield took place at Wimbledon,
England, on the 21st. The En- glish team
won by score of $40 points. The Scotch
team made 1869, and the Irish team l,556.
IT IS reported an arrangement has been
| made between the King and Queen OF
Servia, and that there will be no official
| divorce, Milan allowing Natalie to reside
in Germany with the Crown Prince.
They will probably reside in Stuttgart.
GAMBRINUs Assembly, Knights OF
Labor, 1000 strong, of Milwaukee, has
withdrawn from the order because OF
| Grand Master Workman Powderly's
sentiments on the temperance question.
| 1t is probable that the assembly COM
posed of tight-barrel coopers will also
withdraw for the same reason. Gam
brinus Assembly are all brewers. ~
! DANIEL LYONS was arrested in Piross
burgh several days ago for stealing sill
verware and confessed to the theft He
was suspected OF being an Eastern crook,
and has been identified as the man who
killed Joseph Quinn in New York on July
5. He has beel taken back to New York.
MARY AGNES OsB3RNE has begun suit In
New York against her usband Hugh
Osborne, superintendent of the French
Cable Company. She alleges that o.
borne has frequently whipped her with
switch, knocking her down and otherwise
maltreating her. Osborne's friends say
| Mrs. Osborne is insane.